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Clock-transport synchronisation for neutrino time-of-flight measurements

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-12 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A method to synchronise, at the sub-nanosecond level, clocks used for neutrino time-of-flight measurements is proposed. Clocks situated near the neutrino source and target are compared with a moveable clock that is transported between them. The general-relativistic theory of the procedure was tested and verified in an experiment performed by Hafele and Keating in 1972. It is suggested that use of such a synchronisation method may contribute to a precise test of the Sagnac effect ---a measured velocity greater than cc--- for neutrinos of the proposed LBNE beam between Fermilab and the Homestake mine.

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@article{arxiv.1212.0001,
  title  = {Clock-transport synchronisation for neutrino time-of-flight measurements},
  author = {J. H. Field},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.0001},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages 5 figures 2 tables